TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE

This splendid red and gold painting (mtshal thang) portrays the terrifying Vajrapani standing in the militant posture of pratyalidhasana on a lotus base. He is completely golden in colour with just some snake-ornaments and his tiger-skin accentuated in brown and black. The upper register sees the Adi Buddha Vajradhara in the centre flanked to each side by a lama from the Gelugspa school. The lower section is occupied by a donor praying to the Medicine Buddha with opposite Ushnishavijaya. The painting sees a fine overall brushwork and delicate drawing of all figures.